The Cost of Kindness

Navigating the Downside of Goodness

- Renuka Krishnaraja

It might be true that the world needs more kindness and more good people, but in reality, this is not a fairy tale world, not even close to it. Nothing can prepare us for the real world out there. I have to say this with a heavy heart and based on all my personal experience: being good in this big, bad world can be a curse. Unfortunately, most of the time, you do not receive the goodness and warmth that you give others. “No good deed goes unpunished.” – Clare Boothe Luce. It has also been said that being too good is just as bad as being bad. See, even the wisest people have endorsed it!